Adjustable curtain-pole bracket.



A. O. MGARTHUR- ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN POLE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED 13110.18, 1911.

1,121,384, Patented Dec. 15,1914.

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1 position; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of bracket ALEXANDER GHBISTIE'MCARTHUB, OF GRAFTON, NEW SOUTH WALES,1AUSTRALIA.

; -ADJUSTABLE URTAIN PQLE BRACKET.-

To all whom it may concern. j Be it known that I, A XAND RCHRISTIE MARTHUR, a subject of the Kingdom of Great Britain, and residentatGrafton, in

the countyof Clarence and State of New South Wales, Australia, medicalpractitioner, have invented anew and useful Device Entitled Adjustable'Curt'ain- Pole Brackets, of which the following is a spool fication.

My invention relates to a hanging device.

for curtains whereby these articles can be kept clear of the wall andmay be readily lowered for changing or other purposes.

According hereto poles for carrying curtains are supported in rings onbrackets secured to the wall one oneach side of the window. 1 y

Means are employed for retaining the brackets in any desired position.

The inventionisillustrated in the accorn panying drawings in which jFigure l is a front plan of all the parts in Fig. 3 shows a frontandside view of part 16; Fig. 4 is a front and side view of part 18; andFig. 5 is a front and side view of 25. All the drawings are one halfactual size. Referring to F igs. 1 and 2, the bar 1 tapers from theupper end 10 to the lower end 9. A ring 2 is at the upperendof the bar1,

through which the pole 8 passes and by which it is held in position. Thebifurcated extremity 3 from 9 to 11 consists of two branches each in theformof a double arc, v the ends of which hit into and form hinges with 6at The plates 4 have 3 holes 12,

dow. Each plate 4 has two-pairs of semicircular lugs-6, the lugs of eachpair placed at one of the ends of the plate are separated,

bya space 7 into which the rounded ends of 3 fit and by means of pinsriveted form the hinges 5. r I

, 1, 2, 3, of Figs. and 2', are cast in one piece and, the plane of thering 2 is at right angles to the plane of the bifurcation 3.

Fig. 2 shows one semicircular lug 13 on the back of the upper end ofb'ar1.1 14- is an eyelet in 13 with edges rounded off smooth for the cord15, Fig. 1. I

1, 2, and 3 by means of the hinges 5 form with plate 4 each bracket.

Fig. 3, shows front and 'side views ,re-

throughwhich cord'15 passes.

two above one below, by which each is secured'to the wall near to andone each side-of the win Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec,15, 1914; 1

Application filed. December 18,1911. SeriaINo. 667,081.

spectively of plate 16. It hastwo holes 20 by which it is secured to thewall, and in the middle, one semicircular lug17 with an eye.- let- 21,with. edges rounded off smooth tively ofplate 18. It-hasthree holes 19by i which it is secured to the wall, and'two' semicircular lugs 22, theupper placed 'vertically, the lower-horizontally. Each lug 22 t has aneyelet'23 with' edges rounded off smooth forthe passage of the cord 15.

-F 5, is a front and side view of a screw knob 25.

' The device is worked as follows :The

plates 4 of brackets 1, 2, 3, .4, are secured to the wall one oneachside of and near to the window at the required height from floor insuch-a way that the rings 2 will keep the pole 8 horizontal.Plate"18,-Figs. 1 and 2,

of window, the upper eyelet 23 of 22, Figs.

1 and 4, being opposite to the eyelet 14 of 13 Fig. 2 onthe same side.Plate 16, Figs. 1 J and-3, is secured to the wall at 20 on the left sideof window, the eyelet 21 of 17 Figs. 1

jis'secured to the wall at 19 on the right side and 3 being opposite tothe eyelet 14 of 13" r Fig. 2, on the same side. A cord 15 Fig. 1, ofthe required length has its free ends threaded,'the upper one througheyelet 23 of upper lug 22 onplate 18, Figs. land 4, the lower onethrough eyelet 23 of lowerlug 22 on plate 18,Figs. 1 and 4. The uppercord is carried across the top of the window,

threaded through eyelet 21 of 17 on plate 16,

Figs. 1 and 3 on the left side, then threaded I 2 through eyelet 14 of13 at the back of the upper end of bar 1F igs. 1 and 2 on the same sideand knotted. The lower cord on the rightjside isthreaded through eyelet14 of 13 atthe back of'the upper end of bar 1,

Figs. 1 and 2, on the same side and knotted. This leaves a long loop endfree, on pulling both cords at the one time the brackets 1, 2

and 3, with the pole 8 through the rings 2 can be raised-or lowered. vAknot ismade I inthe double cord of the loop end, at a place that willnot interfere with the full lowering-of the curtain-pole, and passedover the 'knob 25 Figs. 1 and 5 secured to'the wall,

which then holds the upraised bracket with pole. On releasing cord 15from knob 25, the brackets with the pole can be gradually lowered towithin easy reach and the curtains readily affixed to the curtain ringson the pole. On releasing 15 from 25 the rings 2 fbrackets'1','2 and 3,with p'ol e 8 describe provided with a fo rkgat one'end," the armshinges acting as centers. I 1 the lugs at opposite ends of the-plate andv, Pulleys of the lazy pattern may besuhbeing pivotally secured to thelugs, 'the'lugs I 5 stituted for plates 16 and- 18. of each pair 'seri-ing as opposed brace mem- I am aware that prior to my invention bers,the opposite end of eachofthe arms Vices have been used, but I am notaware ring on one arm being alined. with thering that all the relativeparts'of my combination 1 on the other arm t'd receive a curtain pole,have been used together for. the purpose inand means for simultaneouslymovingsaid dicated, I i J supporting arm s on, their pivcts i ,Ielaim: v

fff c nrtalin polesupp0rt comprising a paig 1911,, a v p w '0 Wall pates, each plate having ap air-o, i: i v laterally extendingsemi-circular ,lulgs at each end'of the plate, the lugs of eachpai'rWitnesses; g I being spaced apart,v a pair ofsupporting ManwoonHAReLDjjCLEn n; 3 1

arms, each of said supporting arms being l R ERrCe IeIn LAW;

an'arc of a circle in a forward direction the ofthe'fork being arrangedto enter between hinge plates rings and eyelets for'dtherde beingprovided with an integral 'ring, the g a 'Dated' h s w h d y. eNQsabaf-D- 3o

